Artificial fish lure



16, 1930. JOHNSON 1,785,310

ARTIFICIAL FISH LURE Filed April 5, 1930 v L m/en ZOZZZIs' Jkizsa Patented D 1 ,9 5.. i

' LoUIs' JOHNSQN, or

' extendthe structure with a skirt portion more deceiving. r

' drawn through the water simulates that'of simulating the head of a fish. and the gills thereof in action whereby to render'the lure A further improvement is to extend the lure structure conically from a frontalpoint to produce theskirt mentioned before, thus reducing the resistance of the lure as it travels through the water;

A still further object of the improvement is to encase in the skirt portion of thelure a paddle wheel whose action as the lure is the gills of a fish in motion.

Another object ofthe improvement is to so mount the paddle wheel in the skirt portion of the lure as to afford the same the protection of a housing against interference by'weeds, yet render the action of the wheel prominently apparent. Y i

An additional object of the improvement is to so dispose the paddle wheel in the skirt paddle extension as to place only one paddle inexposed position during the rotation thereof,

such position being favorable to the clearance of weeds with which in contact.

A final but nevertheless important object the paddle may come of the invention is to construct the novel lure on lines of extreme simplicity and life time durability, 3; I With the above objects in View and any others that may suggest, themselves from the specification and claims to follow, abetter understanding of the improvement may be had by reference-to the accompanying 'drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe'novel .Fig.2 is an elevationthereof Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof. A

Referring specifically to the drawing, it

.Will be seen that fundamentally, the .im-' 50 proved lure follows theline of my patented TEN n i o, gin 1. 6

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structure where the s polon 5, hook 6, guard 7, l

and eye 8 are concerned, except that in the improvement the metal 'ofthe spoon 5 is exn ed toiserve'at its 'forward end and in a hijirizontalplaneLas the-eye. For the v purpose of the improvement, the] metal of the spoon is extendedconoidally backof the eye 8 in simulation of the headiof a fish, asindicate-d at 10, this structure being hollow .and terminating -with laterally} spacecl skirtmportions 11 "whose rear edges rise curvedly to meet the sides of thespoon, as indicated at 12. The bottoms ofthe skirt portions 11 combinewiththe bottom edge of the conoidal'structure to form aii'opening 13.

The rearbottom :corners tr the skirt por tions' are perforated .in horizontal registra tion, as indicated at 14,136 provide a bearing for aspindle 15 disposed b'e'tween'the skirt p'ortions'.'- 'Tliis spindleis built with a paddle wheel of propeller design, the blades 16 of the paddle wheel being in planes. transverse of the traveling'course'of the lure.

water, itssp'oon 5 'keeps it balanced, and induces a wiggling moltiona The conoi'dal front 10 its weight: maintains the lure in a position to present its hook 6 in an upward V cli'rectiomand its formreduces the resistance of the lure as, ittravelsthrough the water and enables it to climb over and displace weeds.- While the lure'is motion, thepaddle .wheel is caused to rotate 3 by the current of the water; simulating the action 0f the gills of a fish'while'in motionfiThe conoidal front and skirt portions 11 protect the paddle wheel from being" caught in weeds as the lure intercepts them,'only one blade of the paddle wheel issuing. fromfthe opening 13 during the rotation thereof. -However,themotion of the exposed; blade" is; rearward, sothat whatever it may intercept in thenature of weeds it will'carry back and leaveas the lure proceeds on its way. fThus,the novel 1ure,,in addition'to havingjthe customarily desirable qualities of'an'article of this kindfhas the additional features of an animated element which'is protectedfrom weeds. 1 "'In conclusion, it will be seenthat the i m proved lure,vby being mainly extended from lure may bemanufacturedgat smallexpense and et. furnish all the clesirable qualities l the rigid metal of the's poon, constitutes a- I firm and durable article. It is'extremely sim-v ple, since its extension is made in but one piece which is integral with the spoon, the

only part added being the paddle wheel. It may therefore be appreciated that the novel sought in an article ofthis kind.

I claim V 1. An artificial fish lure-comprising a plate pointed at its forward end and'curved latwerally to'form a conoidalf body fromth'e point wholly surface of the plate.

beneath the,plane "of the top 1 2. The structure of claiml, and an eye extended from the point to serve as a line attaching means. 5 I ,7 V

3., 'An artificial fishlure comprisinga plate pointedat its forward end andwith its sides;

curvecland closed toj form a hollow cone from the point. H n a I 4. An artificial fish lure comprising a plate;

' pointed at itsforward end'and curved laterally to form a conoidalbody from the point, the sides of said body resembling the head of a fish and the rear edgesof saidsides being transverseof the plate and curved ,to meet the .side edgesof the latter. 1'

5. An artificial fish lure comprising plate pointed at its forward end and, curved :laterally to formahollow oo'nioidal body from,

the point, the-sides of said'body being'in 'siib .st'antial parallelism at the rear, and'a paddle wheel mounted between the sides" and] freely.

rotatable.

pointed at its forward end and curved later.

6. An artificial fish lure comprising a plate ally to form a hollow conoidal body from the point,- the rear portion of .thebody having a bottom opening, sides extended 'rear'w'ardly' p from the body'adjace'nt the opening and te'r minating with bottom corners, a spindle. transversely disposed between the corners and freely rotatable, and'a paddle wheel carried by-the spindle.- i

7. The structure of claim 6, the pa'ddl wheelbeing ataheight to'dispose but jone .of-its paddles at a time externally offtlie plane of .saidbottom opening.

81.: An artificial fish lure comprising elongated plate,. pendent skirt, portions frem the sides ofthe latter, andf'a paddle wheel mounted ;between said sides ,fo'r'free rotation in a plane substantially parallelto them.

9. An artificial fish. lure comprising fa plate-like body, a hook" at theltop surface of I the, plate and a conoidal'proj'eotion at the bottom "of said plate and having its apex ex{ tending toward the forward i end thereof;'

i 10. A; fish lure comprising a plate-like. bod-y, ahook-at-the top' surface of the plate, stabilizing means at the bottom of the plate,

and a rotatable fluid actuated element-mountdfin e dste -hz ng ans-i; 

